Status Updates From My Secret War: The World Wa...

SETTING: The current setting of this book is Long Island, New York, during 1941. The title shows the location and setting of the book and it is mentioned several times in the book that the characters are in the state of New York. It also shows the dates of Madeline's diary entries so we know what time the events in the book took place. Plus, World War II is heavily involved in the plot of the story.

GENRE: The genre of this book is historical fiction. You can obviously tell by the title of the book because it has "World War II" in it. You can also tell by the fact that the main character's father is fighting in the war, and also the fact that the war is involved in the main story. (if you're confused why I'm writing this, this was a class assignment)

So far I really enjoy this book. It shows the life of a girl from the 1940s experiencing World War II. I love reading about the many things going on in her life like her trying to find friends, to looking out for her father who's in the war. So far the main character (Madeline) has made friends (or maybe something more, who knows?) with a classmate named Johnny. She has also befriended a girl named Clara (I think).